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There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom

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There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom by Louis Sachar

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By Louis Sachar

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27 Aug 2024

Bradley’s mum was right.When Bradley and Carla separated was so sad.

22 Jul 2024

very funny book

28 Dec 2023

It was absolutely amazing.

17 Sep 2023

I really liked this book because it is funny and makes you feel all different emotions ,like sad,annoyed but mostly happy. My faveroute character was Carla as she is kind,caring,apologetic,polite but the main thing I like about her is that she always trys to find the good in people. I find it funny how she doesnt believe in accidents. I thought that this was a great book and think that lots of people would enjoy it.

03 Sep 2023

Really enjoyed this one and also read it to my class last year

03 Sep 2023

This is a fictional story about Bradley, he is the naughtiest boy in the school, he is always in trouble and has no friends, he struggles with school, but then the new school counsellor teaches him how to be kind to himself. I enjoyed this book because it was funny, it made me feel sad when Bradley couldn't see Carla again.

15 Aug 2023

I think that

13 Aug 2023

An enjoyable book but I found the relationship between Carla (the school counsellor) and Bradley (a child) off. For this reason, I’m not sure I would read it with a class.

01 Aug 2023

It was really funny when Jeff went in the girl’s bathroom and he met a girl named Colleen . During lunch time Bradley said to Jeff he hates apples but, he was eating an apple and he lied to Jeff! in a funny way that he’s is eating a banana. Also it was too funny when Bradley’s mother was cooking a fish which smelled too bad also Bradley thought it was so stinky too . I really love reading this book it was so interesting but mostly funny! Yes i would recommend other to read this book!

22 Jul 2023

There's a boy in the girls bathroom is a book that we have been reading in school

12 Jul 2023

I loved this book as it relates to real life, I love it and absolutely recommend it!

11 Jul 2023

This book is amazing. I love how Carla helps Bradley. This book is for Year 5 children and above. It means a lot because Bradley finds things hard and Carla, the councillor helps him. Bradley isn’t understood at the beginning but is at the end.

10 Sep 2022

So touching
I loved it

26 Aug 2022

A good book I didn’t really like the story

02 Aug 2022

carla is nice and i am happy for bradly

17 Jul 2022

I liked this book. The message was strong and gave the reader an understanding of difference and mental health difficulties. I found the perspective interesting. I was unsure on the councillor student relationship and how this panned out.

13 Jul 2022

I loved this book because of all the events Bradley Chalker went through. The theme of this book (changing from a bully to a nice person) is quite rare but Louis Sachar made it one of the best books. The undesrcibable events such as when Bradley. He used to walk throuygh the school halls liek a bully now walks through them cheerfully as a nice and well adjusted boy. This book was a great experience to read.
This book is great for children 8-12 (I'm 10). Overall a great book. One book I always remember.

06 Jul 2022

I loved this fiction book. Bradley was such a complex character and I enjoyed reading about his journey. His counsellor, Carla, was my favourite character. She knew just what to say to Bradley. I would recommend this book. It really helps people understand others around them and to always show kindness.

04 Jul 2022

I like this book because there are lots of funny parts in the book. The book is enjoyed by children who like bad and naughty things.

The character who I would say I like the most is Bradley, because he is funny and he said things like “give me a dollar or I’ll will spit on you”. Bradley tells lots of lies; he starts fights with the girls; he went into the girls bathroom; has serious behaviour problems and also no one likes him except Carla.

27 Feb 2022

silly and heart-warming

08 Feb 2022

This was part of a school reading list, it was quite good so I would recommend it.

11 Jan 2022

My favourite character was Carla Davis, the school counsellor. Quite a funny book where there were a lot of twists. Recommend to others.

15 Dec 2021

I liked how close Bradley and Carla (Miss Davis) were. I also like how Carla lent Bradley her book and then gave it to him as a present. I also liked how Carla made Bradley want to do his homework.

I would definitely recommend this book.

One of the best books I've read.

30 Sep 2021

funny

03 Sep 2021

It was a fictional book that shows the developments of a child’s behaviour through counselling. It would be a good book to read to pupils to show behaviour can be changed, and the effect it has on other people as a result.

15 Jul 2021

I like the new boy and bradley because it was always a awkward friendship and I like how bradly play with his teddy and the stain on his be was used as a lake bradly also lied a lot and he is creative because he make food out of paper for his stuffed animals

09 Jul 2021

I enjoyed this fiction book as it came as a recommended read. Powerful and emotive language for discussion around various themes- main character’s behaviour and possible reasons for this, bullying, important role of counsellor and character’s redemption and recovery. Favourite character was the main character Bradley Chalkers as his development and back story evolved throughout.

06 Jul 2021

When I was recommended this book I wasn’t enthusiastic about starting it as I didn’t enjoy the book Holes, by the same author when I was in secondary school. However, I absolutely loved this book and couldn’t put it down.

Clara was my favourite character, playing an important role in all of the children’s lives, especially Bradley’s. As the story progressed I kept finding myself smiling as I learnt more about Bradley and how he evolved throughout the book.

I think this is a book that would work well as a whole class reading book for 8+ and would allow many opportunities for class discussions. There are many scenarios from the story that could be proposed to children and to see how they would handle the scenario.

04 Nov 2020

I think this is a really good book and it's by the award-winning author of Holes (Louis Sachar). It's fictional and my favourite characters are Colleen and Miranda. I would recommend it to everyone aged 10+ years old.

26 Oct 2020

A thoroughly enjoyable book with some quite serious messages about friendship and adolescence. I can see that year 6 reluctant readers would enjoy this one.

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